US Patent Issued to Dreadnought on Nov. 3 for "Sonic channel and skeletonized bracing for the soundboard and back of a musical instrument" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,714, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Dreadnought Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Sonic channel and skeletonized bracing for the soundboard and back of a musical instrument" was invented by Joshua H. Parker (Easton, Pa.), Daniel G. Hingston (Bath, Pa.) and Brent M. Williams (Easton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A musical instrument having a body defining a sound chamber for the musical instrument. The body has a soundboard, a back, and a lateral sidewall connecting the soundboard and the back. The soundboard includes multiple braces with at least one brace skeletonized, and a first sonic channel having a plurality of substantially po...